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leave of the Salmon, tell you, that 

 there is more then one fort of them, 

 as namely, a Tecon, and another 

 called in fome places a Samlet, or by 

 fome,a Skegger : but thefe (and o- 

 thers which I forbear to name) may 

 be jfifh of another kind, and differ, 

 as we know a Herring and a Pilcher 

 do ; but muft by me be left to the 

 difquifitions of men of more leifure 

 and of greater abilities, then I pro- 

 fefs my felf to have. 



And laftly, I am to borrow fo 

 much of your promifed patience, 

 as to tell you, that the *Trout or Sal- 

 mon, being in feafon, have at their 

 firft taking out of the water (which 

 continues during life) their bodies 

 adorned, the one with fuch red 

 fpots, and the other with black or 

 blackifh fpots , which gives them 

 fuch an addition of natural beau- 

 tie, as I (that yet am no enemy to 

 it) think was never given to any 

 woman by the Artificial Paint or 



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